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Back To Dinosaur Island Available For Free
Frankfurt am Main (Germany) November 18th, in the year of our
Lord 2015 – Available for download today, Crytek has released
virtual reality tech demo Back to Dinosaur Island for free.
Achieved with CRYENGINE, Back to Dinosaur Island debuted
publicly at GDC 2015 in San Francisco, earning widespread
acclaim from press and attendees, and this is the first time
players can experience it for themselves outside of a games
industry event.
In Back to Dinosaur Island, players become the eyes and ears of
a baby dinosaur in a nest. Surrounded by dinosaur eggs, players
are immersed in a beautifully rendered 3D jungle environment
filled with lush vegetation and buzzing with life. Players
interact with elements around them, including the eggs, a dragon
fly and finally, will come face-to-face with an enormous
dinosaur, experiencing a sense of scale and awe in a way that
can only be achieved with virtual reality.
Crytek’s Director of Production, David Bowman, said: “Back to
Dinosaur Island shows how intense, involving and rich virtual
reality can be. Players will see a powerful dinosaur breathing
inches from their face, getting an unprecedented sense of its
immense scale. To watch this scene in 2D is impressive, but when
you’re in virtual reality, it becomes more intimate, and more
exciting – giving you a feeling of presence and a belief that
you’re really right there in a way that no other medium can.”
Today’s release of Back to Dinosaur Island is compatible with
Oculus Rift Development Kit 2 models and later. This is a 2 gig
download.